Photos of the day 09/11

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Someone stops to read names in New Jersey's memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, looms in the distance across the Hudson River from Jersey City, N.J. Americans paused today to mark the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Mel Evans/AP

A woman wails during a protest against the Russian-built Kudankulam Atomic Power Project near the project site in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. State officials said Indian police fired at protesters near the plant being constructed in southern India, killing one person. Construction of the plant has been delayed by protests in the past year by residents and anti-nuclear groups concerned about safety following the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan last year. Rafiq Maqbool/AP

A Syrian woman looks back while walking past a pile of garbage left on a roadside in Aleppo, Syria. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A juvenile tiger roars in a caged compound on the rooftop of an apartment building in Pathum Thani province, central Thailand. A Thai man has been arrested and accused of illegally raising six tigers on top of the apartment building on Bangkok's outskirts after police busted a larger tiger-trafficking ring in the country. Apichart Weerawong/AP

Pakistanis hold pictures of their missing family members outside the Press Club in Peshawar, Pakistan. Dozens of people filed cases demanding the whereabouts of their missing family members allegedly detained by the state's intelligence agency for their suspected link with militants. Mohammad Sajjad/AP

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold hands as they walk back to the White House in Washington after joining members of the White House staff during a moment of silence to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept 11th terrorist attacks. Carolyn Kaster/AP

Belgian athletes Marieke Vervoort with her dog Zenn on her lap (from l. to r.,) Wim Decleir and Frederic Van den Heede ring the opening bell at the Brussels stock exchange building. They have recently returned from the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Yves Herman/Reuters

Homeless people sleep at the Komolapur railway terminal in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A.M. Ahad/AP

A protester sits inside a tent as bailiffs evict Hong Kong's Occupy activists from a public space underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters. The protesters had ignored a court order requiring them to leave the site by Aug. 27. Kin Cheung/AP

A village boy drinks water from a tube well on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar. Biswaranjan Rout/AP

Demonstrators wave Catalan flags during a protest rally in Barcelona, Spain. Thousands of people demonstrated to demand independence for Catalonia on the Catalan national day. Emilio Morenatti/AP

A woman watches a model present a creation from the Rodarte Spring/Summer 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week. Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Capt. Kris Small of the Rock Hill, S.C., Fire Department watches as firefighters put a giant American flag on the front of Station 4 to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Andy Burriss/The Herald/AP

People shout slogans in front of the US embassy in Cairo during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. Protesters scaled the walls of the embassy and pulled down the American flag. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

A woman dressed in traditional costume holds flowers to be delivered at the monument of a leader killed during the fall of the city in 1714 in Barcelona, Spain. Emilio Morenatti/AP

Kashmiri Muslim girl Nusrat Ara, who comes from an impoverished neighborhood, poses for a photograph inside a Madrasa where she attends religious classes in Srinagar, Indian-Administered Kashmir. Dar Yasin/AP

Supporters shout slogans during a parade to celebrate the victory of newly-elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud along the streets of Mogadishu. Members of parliament overwhelmingly elected political newcomer Mohamud as president of Somalia on Monday, a result hailed by supporters as a vote for change in the war-ravaged country. Feisal Omar/Reuters

A firefighter from the St. John's Fire Department shields his face against high winds after checking on the driver of a tractor trailer that had been blown over by winds from post-tropical storm Leslie in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Tropical Storm Leslie's stiff winds and heavy rains knocked out power in several towns and forced the cancellation of all flights at the island's main airport. Keith Gosse/St. John's Telegram/AP

Police officers wearing protective suits search coastal areas for the remains of people still listed as missing from Tomioka town, Fukushima Prefecture, to mark the one-and-a-half year anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The area is within a no-go zone due to the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the disaster. Kyodo/Reuters

Ferdous works in an aluminium factory next to the river Buriganga in Dhaka, Bangladesh. According to the management of the factory, about 42 workers work 12 hours a day manufacturing aluminium household objects and earn a daily wage of 125 taka ($1.56.) Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Air Force firefighters District Chief Joseph Suddarth (l.) and Sr. Airman Matthew Munoz climb the stairs of the control tower at Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., in memory of their fellow firefighters who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News/AP

Afghan boys play football on a hill in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

A Filipino Muslim overseas worker, who just arrived from Syria, gestures at an immigration official processing her papers after arriving at the Manila airport. The Philippine government evacuated nearly 300 female Filipino workers, most of them domestic workers, from strife-torn Syria. Damascus granted Manila's request to waive the exit visa requirements for Filipino workers sheltering at the Philippine embassy in the Syrian capital. Erik De Castro/Reuters

A young Bavarian herdswoman rests after the return of cattle from summer pastures in the mountains near Bad Hindelang, southern Germany. At the end of the summer season, farmers move their herds down from the Alps to the winter pastures in the valley. Matthias Schrader/AP